March 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on
Thursday:
** International Resources Holding (IRH), a unit of Abu
Dhabi's International Holding Company, said it intends
to bid for a stake in Lubambe Copper Mine in Zambia.
** Britain's competition regulator said that it has decided
not to open an in-depth 'phase 2' investigation into Aviva's
acquisition of AIG Life UK.
** Spirent Communications ( SPNUF ) has agreed to Keysight
Technologies's ( KEYS ) offer valuing the firm at 1.16 billion
pounds ($1.46 billion), it said, withdrawing its support for
Viavi Solutions's ( VIAV ) bid that was 15% lower.
** U.S. video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software ( TTWO )
said on Wednesday it would acquire Gearbox
Entertainment, best known for the first-person shooter game
Borderlands, from Sweden's Embracer for $460
million.
** India's ICICI Securities has secured
shareholders' nod to delist its stock, the brokerage said in the
early hours of Thursday, paving the way to merge with parent and
majority shareholder ICICI Bank.
** Australian gold miner Ramelius Resources Ltd ( RMLRF )
said it had ended discussions with Karora Resources ( KRRGF ) for
a potential acquisition of the Canada-based mine operator.
** Walmart ( WMT ) has notified two U.S. antitrust agencies
it will withdraw and refile a certain review application for its
planned acquisition of Vizio ( VZIO ), to give the regulators
more time to review the deal.
** T-Mobile has won its bid to appeal a judge's ruling that
allowed a potential class of millions of Verizon and AT&T
subscribers to move ahead with a lawsuit challenging the
company's $26 billion purchase of rival Sprint in 2020.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru)